[mythtv-users] Dual BT878 cards in Mandrake success

[Saravanan Subbiah]

U got btaudio to work with Avermedia and WinTV Go ? Using Mandrake 9.1 I
wasn't able to make it to work. May be I should try 9.2Rc2 ?

On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 23:53, Sean, Sharon and Kyle Harbour wrote:
> I finally got dual cards working in Mandrake.
> A WinTV Go, and an Avermedia stereo. The Avermedia has really
> noticeable interference from the slip fit connector, so it's probably
> going to get replaced with another WinTV Go card.
> I was having a heck of a time getting the alsa drivers in Mandrake
> 9.1 to cooperate with multiple stereo cards using the ES1371 driver.
> I eventually got it working by installing Mandrake 9.2 RC2 and
> compiling MythTv from CVS, using an an el cheapo Creative Labs 5880
> (rebadged Ensonic 1371), and a Trident 4DX, with an old Mach64
> RageII+DVD for tv out and the gatos dri patches for xv acceleration.
> For some reason I still can't get analog sound from the Avermedia
> card output to the line in on the Creative card, but the btaudio
> drivers now seem to work decently with M 9.2., so it doesn't seem to
> matter now. My 1200 Athlon is running right at 100% recording two
> shows at 480x480 in mpeg4 at the default settings, so I'll bump up
> the cpu to a 2000+ I have in another system and see if I can get the
> occasional stutter to go away when the second card kicks in. I'll
> probably need a little bit more to handle playback during double
> recording though. So far, picture quality looks good, and the
> annoying interlaced flicker effect from moving objects is almost
> completely gone using the default settings, compared to the Myth .11
> rpms on Mandrake 9.1. I'll try fine tuning the color balance and
> audio and see how it goes.
> 
> Sean Harbour
> 
> 
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